Medical waste is a growing problem in the world and in Armenia. Health care services,
while working to reduce health problems, inadvertently create waste products, which may
themselves be hazardous to human health and ...

The rural health care system in the world has improved during the last years but there is a
still need for further improvements. Generally, rural communities have fewer hospital beds, physicians, nurses and specialists ...

Introduction: Despite the decrease of adult smoking in some countries the prevalence of
teenage smoking continues to rise all over the world. It is noteworthy that the prevalence of adult female smoking is mainly determined ...

Background: The elderly population is at highest risk for increased use of both acute and long-term health care services, and researchers have been increasingly interested in identifying health related problems associated ...

The dramatic increase of drug addiction in Moldova started in 1992, due to political,
economic, and social changes in the country. As the result the incidence and prevalence of drug users is increasing every year, targeting ...

Background information: Rabies is a global public health issue accounting for approximately 55,000 human deaths annually. Many rabid animal bites and several cases of human rabies have been recorded in Armenia during the ...

The production of the “Armenmotor” Plant receives raw materials (magnetic steel, wire and aluminum) from Russia and some other CIS countries. Therefore functioning, profitability of the plant, cost and competitiveness of ...

The implementation of the funded pension system in Armenia has been one of the most widely discussed policy issues for the recent years. At the same time, this was one of the biggest challenges for the Armenian government ...

The introduction of the Silk Road Economic Belt (SREB) in late 2013 as one of the two core components of China’s One Belt One Road has kick-started a flurry of infrastructure construction and transport connectivity projects ...

The aim of this research is to explore how reflective practice is being integrated into various English language teacher development programs in Armenia. The hypothesis to be tested in the research states ...

This study is a qualitative research which aims at finding out the extent to which most EFL teachers reflect on their teaching practice; particularly the aspects of their teaching practice that those teachers focus on while ...

Nowadays, digital media have become part of various youth practices. They provide young people with a new platform for socializing, playing, sharing information, and creating content.Moreover, in these various practices ...

Abstract: Background: Medication non-adherence is a complex problem, especially for people with chronic diseases. Non-adherence to lifestyle change and prescribed medication may worsen the disease and can prohibit attaining ...

The purpose of this thesis was to investigate the relationship between students’ pragmatic competence and their speaking performance. To achieve this goal, students’ pragmatic competence was measured by means of a pragmatic ...

This study investigated the potential of the relationship between the English reading proficiency of the Intensive English Program (IEP) students at the American University of Armenia (AUA) as measured by their reading ...